... [24]. The NYHA clas-sification consists of the following: Class I: patients with cardiac disease but without resulting limitations of physi-cal activity; Class II: patients with cardiac disease ... understanding of the characteristicswhich are associated with symptoms, function, copingand well-being in CAD patients, the health care systemmight provide better therapy and care for the patients [1,3,5,21,22]. ... quantifying the number of angina epi-sodes. AFS is transformed to a score of 0 to 100, wherehigher scores indicate better functioning. The SAQ is avalid and reliable disease- specific, self-administeredinstrument...